To what extent did the Scientific Revolution create the division between the humanities and the sciences that exists today?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The ideal answer should include:
a. Before, and even during, the Scientific Revolution, there was no sharp distinction between the humanities and the sciences.
b. Regardless of their interest, intellectuals before the Scientific Revolution looked to the writings of the ancients.
c. Intellectuals who pursued interests that would be regarded today as scientific were called natural philosophers. For instance, the title of Newton's book is Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
d. As intellectuals looked to nature rather than the ancients to validate their findings, the word "science" came to replace the phrase "natural philosophy," signaling the distinction today between the humanities and the sciences.
e. Ancient learning became the foundation for the humanities.
f. Since the thinkers in the Scientific Revolution rejected the validity of ancient learning in their intellectual projects, science came to be viewed as opposed to the humanities (which remained associated with ancient learning).
g. The Battle of the Books reflected this divide between those who revered ancient wisdom and those who emphasized the new scientific knowledge.